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Thank you Wildlife Conservation Society Canada for the adoption of tours 06, 43, 44 & 51
2024 Meadowlark Nature Festival Online Program Guide – Click Here
Thank you to everyone who contributed to an incredible 2024 Meadowlark Nature Festival.
This year’s festival included over 50 hiking, biking, walking, kayaking, and trail-riding tours, all with an ecological or cultural focus led by incredible local mentors and conservation partners. Our amazing team of tour volunteers helped everyone stay organized and safe on the trails.
Join us again next year in the beautiful Okanagan-Similkameen over the May long weekend to experience many favourite tours and new adventures.
Join us next year May 15th -19th, 2025
2024 Festival Highlights
Thursday, May 16th
Celebrating Conservation through Film at our first Meadowlark Movie Night. Our 2024 Festival will open with the opportunity to gather, learn and engage with the important work of local and BC film producers.
The Dream Café, Penticton
Sunday, May 19th
We are excited to have as our 2024 Keynote Speaker, Bob McDonald, host of CBC radio’s Quirks and Quarks program. Plan to rendezvous with your Meadowlark Festival community for our annual evening social. Bob will explore with us the topic of his new book “The Future is Now” a solutions-based response to our planet’s climate crisis.
Venables Theatre, Oliver
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Welcome to this year’s feature artist, Anne-Marie Harvey. A self-taught artist, Anne-Marie brings a lifetime of experience exploring and painting the beauty of British Columbia and the Yukon. Now residing in Naramata, Anne Marie finds great joy in mentoring and teaching. Always the storyteller, Anne-Marie paints everyday interactions in Nature and captures “the grandeur of the ordinary“ in all her work. Anne Marie will create this year’s signature original artwork and host plein air painting workshop as part of the 2024 Festival.
Friday, May 17th
Join our feature artist, Anne-Marie Harvey, for the PAG exhibit opening that will showcase her Meadowlark Festival signature painting and additional pieces of work. Artist’s Talk to follow on Saturday, May 18th.
Penticton Art Gallery
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